
 9:10AM - Historian Joyce Mao explores China's role in shaping modern American conservatism.
 Joyce is author of Asia First: China and the Making of Modern American Conservatism from University of Chicago Press.
  
 10:05AM - Lawpagandist Brian Foley explains the importance of narrative and storytelling in the courtroom.
 Brian will be talking about the Legal Writing Institute.
  
 10:35AM - Writer Eve Ewing remembers the ghosts of closed public schools in Bronzeville and beyond.
 Eve wrote the letter Phantoms Playing Double-Dutch: Why the Fight for Dyett is Bigger than One Chicago School Closing at Seven Scribes.
  
 11:05AM - Author William Deresiewicz surveys the cost of a neoliberal university education.
 William is author of the September Harper's cover story The Neoliberal Arts: How college sold its soul to the market.
  
 12:05PM - Activist Alberto Roque Guerra contrasts LGBT life in Cuba and the United States.
 Dr. Roque Guerra will be speaking at the LGBTs in Cuba event on September 1st.
  
 12:45PM - Jeff Dorchen pokes the turd of nationalist paranoia.
 Don't worry, Jeff will be using a stick in this metaphorical situation.
 

  
 9:10AM - Journalist Gary Rivlin revisits the first days and bad decisions of the Katrina disaster.
 Gary is author of the new book Katrina: After the Flood from Simon & Schuster.
  
 10:05AM - Live from Kabul, Matthieu Aikins profiles the gangster-politicians of Karachi.
 Matthieu's latest writing is The Gangs of Karachi for Harper's and Yemen's Hidden War for Rolling Stone.
  
 10:35AM - The Radical Pessimist, Kevan Harris examines China's influence in South Africa.
 Kevan just returned from South Africa and will be in-studio tomorrow.
  
 11:05AM - Writer Alyssa Katz explores the US Chamber of Commerce's influence on American politics.
 Alyssa is author of the Spiegel & Grau book The Influence Machine: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life.
  
 12:05PM - Psychology researcher Rael Dawtry points out the blind spots in the minds of wealthy people.
 Rael is co-author of the study Why wealthier people think people are wealthier, and why it matters.
  
 12:35PM - The Hopleaf's Michael Roper looks ahead to the inevitable craft brew bubble pop.
 Michael will be in-studio with a couple beer choices and the chance to support a local public school by getting day drunk.
 
Here's what Chuck is reading this week to prepare for Saturday's show:
 Gary Rivlin - Katrina: After the Flood
 Matthieu Aikins - The Gangs of Karachi [subscription required] / Yemen's Hidden War
 Kevan Harris - The Spectre of Global China by Ching Kwan Lee
 Alyssa Katz - The Influence Machine
 Rael Dawtry - Why wealthier people think people are wealthier, and why it matters.
 
Chuck is on vacation in Michigan's poorest county and we're trying to switch podcast URLs. See you soon!